Why We Should Teach Our Kids To Code 427
An anonymous reader writes "An article by Andy Young in The Kernel makes the case that lessons in programming should be compulsory learning for modern school kids. He says, 'Computers help us automate and repeat the many complicated steps that make up the search for the answer to some of our hardest problems: whether that's a biologist attempting to model a genome or an office administrator tasked with searching an endless archive of data. The use of tools is a big part of what make us human, and the computer is humanity's most powerful tool. ... The computer makes us more efficient, and enables and empowers us to achieve far more than we ever could otherwise. Yet the majority of us are entirely dependent on a select few, to enable us to achieve what we want. Programming is the act of giving computers instructions to perform. This is true whether the output is your word processor, central heating or aircraft control system. If you can't code, you are forced to rely on those that can to ensure that you can benefit from the greatest tool at your disposal.'"
Yeah computers could be even more powerful.. (Score:2, Informative)
if the computer industry would let go of the hold they have over the users base. i.e. "Windows, a world without walls" where you can see where you want to go but you cannot get there from here...
There is a whole lot of false constraints the software industry applies to the user base. Where many things are made harder and prevent the users from automating the many day to day tasks they could and would without the false constraints.
Programming itself is like using the roman numeral system in accounting where we all know the decimal system is much more powerful and easier to use,
There is a constant set of action everyone does and uses and these can as well be applied to programming.
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